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Modulation Tips Cheat Sheet

The document provides 5 quick modulation tricks to enhance audio mixes: 1. Widening mono guitar tracks by detuning the pitch of a delayed copy. 2. Adding depth and width to sounds sent to reverb by applying modulation before reverb. 3. Detuning the snare drum track down an octave and tuning it to the key of the song to add low end weight. 4. Adding body to vocal tracks by sending an octave-down duplicate and blending it in subtly. 5. Thickening vocals by detuning stereo pitched copies in opposing directions using random amounts.

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Modulation Tips Cheat Sheet

The document provides 5 quick modulation tricks to enhance audio mixes: 1. Widening mono guitar tracks by detuning the pitch of a delayed copy. 2. Adding depth and width to sounds sent to reverb by applying modulation before reverb. 3. Detuning the snare drum track down an octave and tuning it to the key of the song to add low end weight. 4. Adding body to vocal tracks by sending an octave-down duplicate and blending it in subtly. 5. Thickening vocals by detuning stereo pitched copies in opposing directions using random amounts.

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5 QUICK MODULATION TRICKS

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1. WIDENING A MONO GUITAR


This trick can work for any mono instrument source you get. Very often I hear mixes where
someone has taken a mono guitar and panned it to one side and then panned a delayed ver-
sion of the same guitar to the opposite side in an attempt to create stereo width. This never
seems to sound that satisfying, even giving the feeling that there are phase/polarity issues. The
way to combat that is to adjust the pitch of the delayed source. By simply flattening the guitar
a few cents the width is properly created and also gives a very cool guitar sound! Many delays,
like the stock Avid one I used in the demonstration have Pitch Change built in, however if they
don’t you can simply add pitch before the delay to create the same effect!

2. DETUNING YOUR REVERB


Applying modulation before a Reverb creates a simple way to add depth and width to the
sound you send to it. Often taking a dull, uninteresting sound and giving it a new lease of life in
your mix! Try it not only on Stereo Strings/Pads, but Pianos, BVs, and lead guitars they will really
come to life, pushing the instrument or vocal forward.

3. DETUNING THE SNARE LOW & TO THE KEY OF THE SONG


This idea adds weight to your snare which can’t simply get from EQ. I stole this from Jack
Douglas, he told me he, Jay Messina, Shelly Yakus and Roy Cicala all did it to add low end to
their snares. Bring your snare down one octave, then using a tuning software such as Autotune
or Melodyne read the pitch of the snare, adding additional pitch adjustment until it reads in the
key of the song. It isn’t always possible to tune your snare to a note, however when you bring it
down one octave any tone that might be there will be very evident. If there’s no tone, then bin-
go, you’ve got a fat low snare you can blend in! Blend to taste!

4. ADD BODY TO YOUR VOCAL BY ADDING AN OCTAVE DOWN


OF THE VOCAL.
A very simple trick, sending the vocal to Pitch Changer that is down exactly one Octave will add
body to the lead vocal. EQ the top end off, Low Passing it. There is no need to have high end
there which would confuse the main vocals articulation, this is simply there to add bod. Add it
gently, as soon as you notice it bring it down, you’ll feel the body it adds but won’t hear it above
the main vocal.

5. VOCAL THICKENING TRICK


As I’m sure you can tell I love using many different tricks on vocals! Octaves, Saturation, Re-
verbs (both short and long, side chain compressed and not!), Delays (slap back, long delays,
short delays, with and without side chain compression) so many ideas you name it! One you will
see me talk about over and over again is thickening tricks! Here is the simplest explanation I can
do of it! Just simply send your vocal to a stereo pitch change and detune it down one side and
high the other! You can repeat this many times, making sure not to repeat the same amounts
and also keeping the sides random, if its tuned up one side then that same side would be tuned
down the next! For instance I might do the left side -3, +6, -9 and the right side +3, -6, +9!

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